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YouTube to Limit Video Quality Around the World for a Month
YouTube has reduced the quality of video streaming to standard definition around the world in an effort to ease Internet traffic during the coronavirus outbreak...
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Putin Wants His Own Internet
When anti-government protests erupted on Russia's side of the Caucasus Mountains in October, authorities did something they'd never done before: cut mobile internet...
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Inside Nike's Store of the Future
Nike new flagship store in New York City is focused on personalized, experiential shopping, allowing shoppers with the Nike app to check out items via phone, request...
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How Faking Videos Became Easy and Why That's So Scary
A minute-long video of Barack Obama has been seen more than 4.8 million times since April. It shows the former U.S. president seated, with the American flag in...
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Big Tech is Throwing Money and Talent at Home Robots
Science fiction writers and technologists have been predicting the arrival of robot butlers for the better part of a century. So far domestic robots have been relatively...
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Apple and Its Rivals Bet Their Futures on These Men's Dreams
Over the past five years, artificial intelligence has gone from perennial vaporware to one of the technology industry's brightest hopes.
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Trump's China Concern Adds Pressure in Race to Be First With 5G
The Trump administration's concern about China's growing technology clout is putting even more pressure on U.S. wireless carriers in their marketing battle over...
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China's Internet nderground Fights for Its Life
For years, thousands of virtual private networks (VPNs) have allowed people in China to circumvent restrictions on internet access and visit Facebook, Google, YouTube...
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The Car of the Future Will Sell Your Data
Picture this: You're driving home from work, contemplating what to make for dinner, and as you idle at a red light near your neighborhood pizzeria, an ad offering...
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How Facebook's Political nit Enables the Dark Art of Digital Propaganda
Under fire for Facebook Inc.'s role as a platform for political propaganda, co-founder Mark Zuckerberg has punched back, saying his mission is above partisanship...
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Twitter Is Crawling With Bots and Lacks Incentive to Expel Them
On Wednesday, the exterior of Twitter's San Francisco headquarters bore an eerie message: "Ban Russian Bots." Someone—the company doesn't know who—projected the...
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Google, Facebook and Twitter scramble to Hold Washington at Bay
Google summoned about 200 policy staff from around the world last month for a debate on whether the company's size has made it too attractive as a target for government...
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French Election Is Facebook's Fake News Litmus Test
In the run-up to the first round of the French presidential election, the country's social media was awash in press reports of dubious origin.
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China Adopts Cybersecurity Law Despite Foreign Opposition
China has green-lit a sweeping and controversial law that may grant Beijing unprecedented access to foreign companies' technology and hamstring their operations...
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Twitter's 'firehose' of Tweets Is Incredibly Valuable, and Just as Dangerous
There are half a billion tweets a day. For the company, they’re sellable data. For despots, they’re a great way to hunt dissidents.
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The Search For Virtual Reality's Killer App
Sony Corp.'s release of the PlayStation VR on Thursday brings virtual reality to the cusp of mainstream adoption.
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The Man Who Created Leappad Wants To Turn Your Eyes Into a Mouse
First came the computer mouse. Then the touchscreen.
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Facebook's Really Big Plans For Virtual Reality
The office building on Facebook Way is in the unfinished style that honors materials like plywood, concrete, and steel.
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